Improved thill-tug



j reference being VUNITED STATES" PATENT @Ferca n wrLL-IAM H; Noves, or noMEn, NEwYonK, 'Assrenon To nIMsELn AND GHARLES'H. WHEADON, OF SAME PLACE.

Specification forming partot'Letters Patent No. 47,903. dated May 23, 1865.

To @ZZ whom it may concer-nl.. A

Be it known that I, WILLIAM `H.Novns,' of

i Homer, in the county of Cortland and Stater v ot New York, have i proved Thill-Tug; and I do hereby declarel invented anew and Imthat the following is a full, clear, and'V 'exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Y Figure l is aside view of myV invention; Fig'. 2, a section of the same,taken inthe l line .r .'10, Fig.Y 1. l f

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention' relates to a new and improved metallic thill-tug for harnesses; and it consists in constructing the tug. of two parts, connected by a joint, and providing the tug ,with a lining or inner ring of india-rubber,'

leather, or other suitable material, which will prevent the chating or abrasion' of the thills,

Vthe chafingring or -1ining,inconsequenceof the' peculiar construction of the tug, as stated,

j being capable'. when vworn by use, of leing readily removed from the tug and `replaced by new( A represents the tug, which may be of mal-V leable cast-iron and formed of two parts, a a, connected by la joint, b, the pintle c of which also connects a buckle, B, to the tug, by which buckle the tugis suspended to the :saddle-strap C. The two parts an ofthe tug are of equalv dimensions, 'and when closed their inner surfaces form a circle, their outer surfaces deviating from a Vcircle by havin g protuberances d where the joint b is formed, 'and where the opposite ends are joined in contact byla pin, ax. Oneof the parts a, near its -By this means I obtain a very durable and `eilicient thill-tug. The metallic part A will.

last indefinitely, andwhen 'the chang-ring or lining` becomes worn by use the pin ax is `'withdrawn and theltwo parts a a opened or i distended, the worn ring or lining removed, and a new one inserted in its place. v `I do not claim, broadly, ametallic tlliill-tug; but

Letters Patentu, lA metallic thill-tug composed of two parts,

a a, connected by a joint, b, and-provided4 with a chatingfringfE, substantially as herein shown and described.

, WILLIAllI` H. NOYES.

i Witnesses:

J. M. PIERCE, u -EDWARD G. REED.

I do claim as'new and-desire to secure by 

